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Kristina Sews

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I know my fellow math nerds will appreciate this: presenting “Aperiodic Hat Trick” a handsewn textile art piece composed of English Paper Pieced aperiodic monotiles in the hat shape.
Available for auction soon (!!) at the OVAC 12x12 art fundraiser October 3rd. Link in bio 💚

A white photo frame holding a green fabric triangle- the triangle has a jagged border and consists of unusual shaped tiles that looks like a tshirt or upside down hat. The fabric pieces are made from dark and light green fabrics.

The green fabric triangle made of hat tiles lies on a green bush, trying to blend in.

The green fabric triangle made of hat tiles now hangs in a tree from a branch, trying to blend in with the green leaves behind it.

A blue and yellow event flyer reads: 1 night, 175 local artists, benefiting Oklahoma Visual Arts Community. 12 by 12 art fundraiser. October 3rd, 2025. 7pm to 10pm. At the OKC Farmers Public Market. The VIP Party is from 6pm to 7pm. The website on the flyer is 12x12OK.org

September 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM

Kristina Sews

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Bonus round of my cat laying on this quilt any chance he could get ❤️

Otto the cat laying on the quilt while it’s in the hoop and on my lap. Onscreen captions read, “The sawtooths and pinwheels quilt is back in OK for some mending work. Otto tried to claim every quilt I work on, exhibit A.”

Otto the cat sitting on the quilt while it’s in the hoop. He’s glancing back at the camera like he’s been caught. Onscreen caption reads “if there is a quilt in the house, he will lay on it”

A similar overhead shot of the full quilt, with Otto the cat laying right smack dab in the middle of it.

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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And that’s the story! I mailed it back to my friend (as they live on the other side of the country from me now) and their dog is already cuddling on it. Before I sent it off I made sure to get some good final photos tho 🌹

An overhead shot of the full quilt, all 944 pieces of it! From up here you can barely see the spots I patched in fabric.

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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And to prevent further tears on the many other seams along the quilt top, I added more quilting to the whole thing. This should help any stresses and strain on the blanket to lean into those quilting stitches rather than my scant HST stitches.

The quilt under the sewing machine’s walking foot to do some straight line quilting. The onscreen caption says “on the machine today.”

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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I used a kind of reverse cathedral windows technique, where I placed the patch under the split seam, and rolled the edges of the quilt top back to create an orange peel shape, before whipstitching it down by hand.

Where a town seam was between the burgundy and tan blocks, now a tan piece of fabric with a skeleton tattoo on it peeks out from behind the tear. The tear has been rolled back and sewn down to make an orange peel shape. The Instagram story caption in this is a black text box from the video game Undertale with Paparyus, a skeleton character, saying “NYEH HEH HEH!”

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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So the quilt came back to my sewing office in March of this year. Over the following months I spent my downtime handsewing patches, using the scraps I still had from the original tattoo patterned backing fabric. Because yes, I hoard fabric 😅

A snipped piece of fabric depicting two roses is being hand sewn to the front of the quilt. The needle and thread and tucked aside into the fabric, and a computer screen in the background shows I’m watching YouTube while sewing. The onscreen text from the Instagram story reads “rainy day mending.”

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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Most notably I used too scant of a seam allowance on the half-square-triangle pieces. Over years of use (and many snuggles from the dog’s claws) those seams started to pull apart.

A close up shot of the quilt, a hand is pulling back a layer to show a torn seam between a burgundy and tan block

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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I initially designed and sewed this quilt back in 2022 for my dear friends wedding. With over 900 individual pieces, was the first top-to-binding quilt I had ever finished! So I made some mistakes along the way

A photo collage of the quilt is shown: two photos show the quilt laying spread out on a bed, and the third photo shows the embroidered label affixed to the back corner which reads, “Made with love for Emma and Andrew in celebration of their wedding July 15 2022.” The maker’s initials “KB” are handwritten on the label. Overlaid the photo collage is an Instagram story text sticker which reads, “I’m so happy with how this quilt came out. It is now in the hands of a very wonderful couple.”

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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A little more info on this quilt I’ve dubbed Sawtooths and Pinwheels 🌹
Psst there’s cat photos below!
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A quilt lays draped over a tall wooden fence. The quilt is primarily a light tan in color, with burgundy sawtooth and brown pinwheel blocks arranged on the front. The back of the quilt shows a tan fabric patterned with various traditional American style tattoos.

June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Kristina Sews

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I recently finished mending this quilt I made 3 years ago! 🌹

June 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Kristina Sews

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I recently had two pieces premiere at the ONE Spring Night auction benefiting my local arts council! 💐 If you’re interested in supporting the arts and claiming one of these textile artworks, you can contact Leslie at the email on each listing: www.32auctions.com/organization...

March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Kristina Sews

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They’re heeeeere!! 💌
Thank you everybody for your support of P4A and of my artwork! If one lands in your mailbox, please please let me know which one you got 🥺

March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Kristina Sews

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Everything is Tuberculosis is here!! /jk

Congratulations on the book birthday. This is the quilted postcard I made and donated based off the cover for the P4A2025 Nerdfighter art 🧡

A hand holds a stiff fabric rectangle about the size of a postcard. The book title “Everything is Tuberculosis” is written in black on a yellow background. Under the title is an orange circle with a green shadow suggesting a zoomed in look. These shapes are traced with white quilting. Inside the orange circle is written in green text, “The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection.” At the very bottom of the yellow fabric is in black text the author’s name “John Green.” The edges of the quilted postcard are bound in a black zigzag stitch.

March 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM

Kristina Sews

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A wedding quilt I made a few year ago is back in the office for a few mends. Of course if there is a quilt in my house, Otto will lay on it.

A short shaven brown/black tabby cat is sitting with his back toward us. His head is turned to glance at us, clearly having been interrupted mid-bath. He is sitting on top of a messily tossed tan, maroon, and brown quilt. Despite the large quilt hoop, Otto the cat continues to sit on the quilt. The underside of the quilt is partially showing, displaying a classic tattoo patterned fabric shrouded in shadow.

March 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM

Kristina Sews

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My personal best of show continues to be this springtime quilt I made from 2022-23, titled “Bloom Through Adversity.” First quilt I made just for me 🥰 This past year it won a ribbon at my state fair in the hand quilting category!
#quiltathomecon2025

February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Kristina Sews

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Over on the IG it’s time for #quiltathomecon! For the uninitiated, this week is the big annual Quilt Con in Phoenix, AZ, and for those of us cozied up at home we celebrate Quilt-At-Home-Con with sew along prompts, giveaways, and more! Today’s prompt is your personal best in show quilt:

February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Kristina Sews

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We’re here because we’re here. Thank you #p4a2025

February 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM

Kristina Sews

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This year for #p4a2025 I voted for the charity She’s The First! You can vote for your preferred charity to receive a P4A grant at projectforawesome.com by scrolling down, selecting a video, the clicking DONATE on the right.